I am told that I am a philosophical poet. And I suppose that I am in that I want meaning in what I write. I want people to think and feel about m poems and the world
Some how to me, this has... More > become a trilogy of books. The first book of life lived, the second of being old and the third of looking to death.
These are not over shadowing themes just thought that ran through my mind.< Less

I do not know why most poets write poetry but I know why I do so. I write because a thought gets in my head and bounces around till I write it down.
You could say that I don't try to ... More > write but that I am forced to write.
Now I do try to write "good" poetry that people will enjoy reading, but I don't try to write poems for people to read.
Most people find that they like some of my poems and hate others of them.< Less

Some how to me, this has become a trilogy of books. The first book of life lived, the second of being old and the third of looking to death.
These are not over shadowing themes just thought that... More > ran through my mind.< Less

I think of myself sometimes as an emotion sculptor more than as a poet. In that I write to shape the emotions of the reader and not to fit words to rhyme and meter. I try to write poems that are not... More > depend-ent on the language I write with.
These poems were all wrote in my sixty-fourth year or in what people say are my twilight years. I find this amusing since as I write this the oldest man in America is about fifty years older than me. But it makes for a nice book title.< Less

I do not know why most poets write poetry but I know why I do so. I write because a thought gets in my head and bounces around till I write it down.
You could say that I don't try to ... More > write but that I am forced to write.
Now I do try to write "good" poetry that people will enjoy reading, but I don't try to write poems for people to read.
Most people find that they like some of my poems and hate others of them.< Less

About William Kofoed

William A. Kofoed was born in Logan Utah. He now lives in Magna Utah. He has been published twice published by Poetry Quarterly, twice published by Utah Life and in Dual Coast. He has written and published five books of poetry; Shadows of Footsteps, 2016, Reflections in the Twilight, 2017, Looking to the Light, 2017, Shouting in the Wind, 2018 and Looking Back, 2018. He began writing in High School.